Slow XP---Help me!

[nithinks]

digit forum members;
I am having win 98 as well as win XP in my system.The problem is that,
My windows xp is very slow in begining,it takes abt 5 minutes to show
the desktop!
I have difragmented the hard drive,and also removed all spywares and
viruses etc.But its of no use .

Can anyone help me?

Thank you in advance.
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system config:

intel p4 1.9ghz ,msi mainboard with 845ge chipset
40 GB HDD

128 MB DDR RAM.


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I think Windows XP needs a minimum of 256 Mb. of RAM to work properly.

P.S. :- It can also be due to a huge no. of Startup Applications.

[ashisharya]

go to registry editor > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop > MenuShowDelay > put its value 0. Now, restart the system and your Start Menu will be very fast. run a virus scan on http://housecall.trendmicro.com . do a scandisk and defrag of ur system. install Tune-Up Utilities and do disk clean up.

[ashisharya]

also reduce ur start up items by msconfig.exe

[vandit]

if the above solutions do not solve it try and stop those pesky services which are inbuilt in win XP ...
type services.mnc in run....
stop all unnecessary services.... warning stopping critical serices may render your XP unstable.....
for an exhaustive list check out former digit mags....

[shivaranjan.b]

all the unwanted services can be changed by typing services.msc in command line. Try out some defragmanting tools like O&O defrag. Try Regcleaner to clean unwanted and invalid registry values.

[q3_abhi]

Use GameXP 2 boost ur Windows+game speeds.
I think it will surely help u.Its provided in the June month's DVD.

[Delpiero]

I think you have a lot of programs on your startup. If there are any remove them.

[sahil_blues]

if you are using any desktop enhancement softwares like Windows Blinds or StyleXp then disable them....they consume a lot of RAM